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In Isaan most of what you see is all the same. It is pretty in many areas, especially the northern mountain regions. The beaches are also nice, but it's an 8 hour drive , so my location isn't good. It again is all about what you like. I have hobbies that I can't enjoy here, with the exception of driving hours to a pay and fish location, and that's not really what I enjoy, preferring to be able to fish any lake I want, like I did back home. There is no hunting here so that's out. If I had a motorcycle, day trips would be okay, but the dangers of driving here override that. Of course you can say you've never had an accident by many have, and on a bike is can be your last.

And your school teachers failed you.

I really don't think that the hour once a year and the minute every 90 days is what's been bothering him. It doesn't bother me but many other things do.

Actually, I do have a clue about what makes a paragraph, and what I write is not much over the amount of words "allowed". If you are reading on your phone, and have vision issues, I understand if you're having trouble. If you are on a computer and cannot comprehend a long paragraph, that's on you. I'm not arrogant, but I am stubborn. Who says I don't fit in here? I've been here over 6 years and everyone I meet gets along fine with me, because I respect others, and treat women and children well. I don't "belong" here because my thinking is that I can enjoy more the things I like in life, my daughter will be in a better place back home, and here it's becoming harder for a lot of people to be comfortable. This is one reason many move back and many locals move to other countries. I didn't create it. This has been going on for centuries. And it will only get worse before it gets better. I have opened my eyes to reality.

I know exactly what a paragraph is. Again, you don't have to read it if a couple hundred words escapes you're comprehension ability. Your replies are usually to antagonize others. Everyone has surely seen this and many have replied abut it. And you're another one who assumes they know others by a few posts in a forum. The only Thais that I know hate me are those that took my ex's side in the divorce. Only a handful and man haters the lot. Everyone else I come across here is fine with me. I get along, all of my life in fact, with most everyone. The only exceptions have been those who are mentally ill. Most diagnosed. Strange that is. Is this paragraph short enough for you to understand?

And still you reply? And laughing to yourself doesn't help. I repeat, if you don't want to read it, don't read it. If you can't read a few hundred words and comprehend it, there are schools that teach this. And by the way, that was a paragraph. Just over 200 words, many of them small and most will comprehend that amount. If you can't, just stick to GG's posts. He makes sentences paragraphs.

Who said I wasn't happy? I just said I'm not happy living here, not in life in general. I will be "happier" back home. Being stubborn can be a blessing. You don't allow others to take advantage of you for long. And it isn't about being flexible. If a place has things you enjoy, you will be comfortable living there. Some never leave their homes unless they're going to a bar or the store, and they're content. Some have things they enjoy doing, and can't do them here, and can in another place. Life isn't all about drinking and having sex with as many as possible. gets old after awhile. Then you find the need to return to who you really are, in a place you can be yourself. This is a foreign country for foreigners. Many who live here feel trapped, are in fear of something or other, and feel out of place, although they're being :"flexible", at least for now. You might be content doing what you're doing, but you have no idea how all others feel, even if they post things here. And by the way, people don't change who they really are after around age 30 or so. That's your character. You can adjust to a place, but if you don't belong, you will want to leave.

Clean air is a preventive for a very real problem. Upper respiratory disease is high here and won't get any better if they don't stop the burning. Being able to vote in potential candidates for office, and having them stay, is a sign of freedom many other countries with democracy have. We have proven to vote in narcissistic morons who's only agenda was power, but at least we had that choice. I lived in the US for 62 years, and never saw any violence, but of course it exists. Same here. Violence daily many will never see, but things are allowed here that others countries will not tolerate. Your next walk through bliss might not end that way because of the fact many boys raised here have no father figures, and they target what they perceive as weak, with 5 against 1, and holding sticks, machetes and knives, with the occasional gun. A country walk is usually safe anywhere, so that's why you feel safe.

If you don't want to read it, don't. Don't try to correct other's writing. A few hundred words in a long paragraph are very easy to assimilate, IF you have the ability.

We are all miserable at times because of our choices. All choices involving relationships are doomed to fail without a lot of time spent and communicating. Most people fall in love fast and make bad choices for this. Some people are narcissists that don't care anything about others, have no conscience, and look at the other gender to use, so they "get away with" their choices, not looking at anyone as a permanent thing but a temporary fix to sooth their negative thinking brought on by a bad childhood. This doesn't last forever, because the thing they really needed all of their lives was someone to be a partner to, and most end up all alone. Marrying someone fast happens daily because of attraction. if there wasn't attraction and chemistry, the world wouldn't have 10% of the people it does. If women weren't so attractive looking, we would make our decisions based on things in common, friendship and future alike plans. Every man that has been in a relationship, besides those that are high school sweethearts and luckily found a good partner early, has a story to tell. Some are picking the wrong person to trust, as I did a few times, and making kids with them because I like family. They didn't know how to function in a normal, communicative relationship, and did things they learned as children, and it ended the relationship. Of course taking a lot of time to get to know one another is always best, but again, that attraction sometimes makes you do things you know you shouldn't do. Some people marry at the drop of a hat and stay together happy forever. Some date for years then marry, then divorce in a week. No guarantees in life, especially in a relationship with another human of the other gender. It isn't about blaming others as much as seeing things as they really are. Venting helps people get over bad choices, and I and Bob are just telling things as they are. Thailand isn't for us . I'm a family man and want a real relationship. The one I had with my ex wasn't real. She to this day wants to come back, but without trust it's gone. I'll be much happier back home, and I don't need a woman for that. Having a good one will of course make it better, but my happiness comes from family and hobbies I can enjoy. It isn't always someone else's fault, but sometimes toxic people can bring you down, so you do what you can to avoid them, and if that means moving.

Staying in a place you aren't comfortable in, feel fear in, are looked at like you are an outsider, a place where women and men pull knives on you for the slightest provocation, a place where you are seen as a walking ATM, isn't as good as trying your luck elsewhere. If you have the means to go and set up shop in another country, you might find it's where you really belong. People know their own countries and that's also an option, unless they really hated their birthplace for some reason. If you haven't any children, leaving is a lot easier. If you have a wife you love, she needs to follow you wherever you go, because not being happy in a place puts it's mark on the relationship. Some problems you always have with you. Some are from the environment you live in. Just like a person with depression, leaving a toxic environment greatly increases your chance for better mental health. Same for those not suffering from clinical depression. A bad environment (to you) isn't a place you need to stay in.

Try reading more, easier to comprehend when you come across a large paragraph. . GG writes one sentence at a time, which is not right, but no one says anything. Seems it's easier for some older folk to comprehend if it's written in one sentence at a time instead of a large paragraph.

Like many had said before I moved here. rent awhile to see if you fit in. If not, you leave. I miss home,and also would like to see places like Europe and other parts of Asia, but being re -established back home around family, hobbies and a better environment for bot myself and my daughter will give me those options more. I was one of the ones they warned about. Putting all your eggs in one basket. Not a good idea, as a few of my friends here still have homes back home to return or retreat to when you wanted. I don't have that so will have to start all over. One more and the last move of my life. pain in the arse but it will be worth it, as I'll feel better when my daughter is around a family that actually cares, and isn't there to take selfies to show off on facebook and hide your true feelings about. I'm a hunter and fisherman and hunting isn't allowed here, and fishing is only good in pay to fish places, private lakes and the ocean. Unlike America, there is no conservation of the waters so they get netted out by people only thinking of their next meal, and not tomorrow's. If I didn't have my girlfriend here, I would be a lot more bored. My daughter has only two friends here, as she is looked at as an outsider because she is half farang. That's something they grow up with, and it isn't a good thing if you aren't truly accepted. I know you can't pick your kids partners for them, and they can find idiots anywhere, but here to find a good, faithful husband is near impossible unless you want to be a farmer's wife, and that's not something I want for my daughter. Nothing wrong with being a farmer, as we all need them, but it's a very hard life with very little joy.

Yes, and have been to Bangkok and other cities north, south and west, and some beaches.

Because there is one alternative if you don't believe, and believers don't want to think of anything besides looking forward to going to a better place than this when we die. Solid evidence would be great but a God that lets us decide our fates, which is using faith, shows him more what we are made of. Not slaves but believers. If you wait too long to decide which path to choose, you might die first and come in front of God trying to explain why you turned your back on him, or the reasons you have for not believing, most of which were taught by other non believers you trusted.

I don't blame him, as I'm leaving as soon as I can get re-established back in Texas with my daughter. Thailand isn't a bad place but some people and things have made it unlivable. It's definitely not a good place for women or girls and this is one major reason I'll leave. Some seem to love it and if that's the truth, you can't take that away from them. It has to change a lot of things here before more move out, because America doesn't look at Thais like Thais look at Americans. There they fit in just like everyone else. As long as you don't break any laws, you're accepted, with the exception of a few prejudiced idiots that hate Asians. Not the same here at all. The beaches are beautiful, as long as they stop ruining them. The country is as boring as a place can be unless you are happy sitting around, mostly inside, and partying. The bugs are the worse I've ever seen, and I've been to Canada at ice out, so I know all about mosquitoes and black flies. The women are among the most beautiful on earth, but unlike western countries, where the women are more independent, you are looked at as an ATM by most. The food is great, but you can get great Thai most anywhere, and farang food you have to travel for unless you're in a big city. The women can be a good partner, IF she looks at you as a provider and not an ATM dishing out endless cash and gold to impress her "friends", of which most really don't have except to brag to and talk about behind their backs. Some of the locals here are okay with us, but many are not, and that's not a good thing to live around. I have had dogs and cats poisoned here by disturbed farmers that don't like my ex's family, or are somehow jealous for some strange reason I've never gave them. Some steal from my property when I'm not home, and that's not cool. I don't care if they ask for things because I know most are just getting by, by being sneaky shows a lack of respect for your neighbors. I would be out of here tomorrow if I had the means, as my daughter has to be in school in an English environment before she is 10 so she can adjust to the curriculum. Starting all over back home won't be easy, but it will be worth it. Good luck to you Bob if you're really leaving, as I understand what it's like to be in a place you don't feel comfortable and where you can't be yourself and enjoy your hobbies. No place like home.

Yes, and this happens a lot with "parents" telling their daughters they need to go to a tourist area to prostitute so they can send money home, while their kids are being raised by these morons and allowed to drive scooters at age 8. Money is the motive and anything for money the reality. Any mother who would accept money as compensation for an act that will have lasting effects on that little girl is the epitome of scumbag, and there are too many like her around. Felt sorry for a predator who raped her daughter? The father? Most of them weren't around after childbirth, and definitely not after the "cuteness" wore off by age 3. This offense is jail time in America, and his trip to jail will not go unpunished. Only the lowest form of scum takes advantage of a naive 13 year old that is years from even dating. Of course here it's only two more years, since the age of allowing sexual activity is 15, something put in place by a pedophile thinking official. Children having children with children, and they end up with no dads and raised by grandma. A positive future? Hardly.

One who hasn't opened her legs for every Tom, DICK and Harry perhaps? One who is more moral and doesn't want a disease to threaten her life and health. One who doesn't like others gossiping about her like she's some prostitute. One who values a long term, more permanent relationship where you grow closer, than one where usually just the man gets off and the woman's left high and dry. Or one who looks at you as your right name and not just another John.

Since you mentioned research and didn't mention where, you might research more to understand why humans need a diet with vegetables and fruits. There are reasons some food act as waste. That's what fiber is for and here are some reasons................https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/fiber/art-20043983

God made everything, so to me he has the power to make anything more, but chooses to be discreet so we go by faith. If there were many gods, they would be competing for attention, like politicians, and miracles would happen daily with their name on it. Just a thought.

I've lived in gyms for the last 50 years, with the exception of part time now here in Thailand because the gym opens at 2 PM and it's a tad inconvenient to go that late, with driving 30 kilos each way, although it's becoming necessary because that's the only choice I have. I trained people for over 16 years, and was in as good shape as anyone in those gyms, including many of the drug users. These clubs were in New Jersey and Texas, and most of them weren't cheap, with a few high dollar. Women like Bob describes were all the same as women everywhere else. They look for money and looks, or power in a man, with looks third for many. Women, no matter how intelligent, are still very naive about men. They look for the model types, although these types are the first ones to cheat on them because of their narcissistic attitudes. If I can have one 10, I can have them all. They're actually right because of this woman ignorance. They think these men will actually stay after sex, although most will, like most men, leave. It was hard for me to date many of them because I wasn't wealthy, although I had a much better body than those they chose who had more dinero. One example is Halle Berry, a woman I consider to be at the top as far as looks. She has been married three times, and her first two cheated on her. Stupid to me because if you have a 10, you do anything to keep her, as long as she's not nuts. No matter what gym you go to, this will happen. Most will ignore you if you try and start a conversation, unless you study them awhile and try and figure out what they like, just by appearing there and their habits, books chosen, music listened to, etc. But if you're well off, and you show it by your choice of clothes consistently, or they see you get in an expensive car, you have a better chance the average man won't. Look at the videos of gold diggers and you'll see the reality.

Christianity is a religion but doesn't demand money. People can tithe if they want to........ Is it necessary to pay tithes? God has given Christians the wonderful gift of tithing. It will help us remember that all belongs to God; it will help us establish order in our finances; it will help us support the church; it will help us prosper. We do not have to tithe to be righteous. ...........................................Of course we should worship our creator. He made everything so common sense he would know what laws are necessary to prevent chaos. People defy him and hurt others because humans have free will, a condition that shows we aren't slaves and can choose our destiny. I don't like a lot of the things on earth and question why some are here, but simply, we are only here for 100 or so years or less, and that's nothing compared to forever. Why he allows things that are evil to happen, and let's people who are evil to run rampant and are ruining the Earth, another question why. Some things, like flies, mosquitoes, gnats, ticks, black flies, and the like are way too populated, more than needed so to speak. He could have made mosquitoes not carry malaria, yellow fever and dengue, so why? We could all have lived 1000 years and then gone on to heaven, as we would be convinced he existed and was loving towards us, and 1000 years is a long time to live without boredom eventually. He could have made earth as big as Jupiter and it wouldn't be over populated beyond sustenance, which Earth is coming to quickly. People invented many gods but if that were the case they would all be in competition, and we would see evidence of this. Sometimes I hate him, but I know he's in charge. Earth has many things that are wonderful, and a lot of us enjoy them, although not for long enough, and some never enjoy them so to me that's wrong. If paradise is much better than all of this with no pain, then that's the reason sh*t happens so much here.

Christianity is a religion but doesn't demand money. People can tithe if they want to........ Is it necessary to pay tithes? God has given Christians the wonderful gift of tithing. It will help us remember that all belongs to God; it will help us establish order in our finances; it will help us support the church; it will help us prosper. We do not have to tithe to be righteous. ...........................................Of course we should worship our creator. He made everything so common sense he would know what laws are necessary to prevent chaos. People defy him and hurt others because humans have free will, a condition that shows we aren't slaves and can choose our destiny. I don't like a lot of the things on earth and question why some are here, but simply, we are only here for 100 or so years or less, and that's nothing compared to forever. Why he allows things that are evil to happen, and let's people who are evil to run rampant and are ruining the Earth, another question why. Some things, like flies, mosquitoes, gnats, ticks, black flies, and the like are way too populated, more than needed so to speak. He could have made mosquitoes not carry malaria, yellow fever and dengue, so why? We could all have lived 1000 years and then gone on to heaven, as we would be convinced he existed and was loving towards us, and 1000 years is a long time to live without boredom eventually. He could have made earth as big as Jupiter and it wouldn't be over populated beyond sustenance, which Earth is coming to quickly. People invented many gods but if that were the case they would all be in competition, and we would see evidence of this. Sometimes I hate him, but I know he's in charge. Earth has many things that are wonderful, and a lot of us enjoy them, although not for long enough, and some never enjoy them so to me that's wrong. If paradise is much better than all of this with no pain, then that's the reason sh*t happens so much here.

Guess you never lived there. Is it somehow uncivilized to protect your family using any means, not taking sh*t from anyone, standing up for yourself and the rights of all, including women, standing up for other foreigners when they are trashed by ignorant, prejudiced child-like adults, or wanting peace by any means? Townie see, townie do? You mean like all of the people here who gang up on others 5 against 1, like the rioters in big cities in the US? Happens worldwide it seems.

No pain, just allergic to bulls*it.